One of the roughest shootings in Hollywood history it was the movie Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola.
The filming of this film began in 1977 in the Philippines and did not end until 1979, becoming the Hollywood legend due to a series of circumstances that had the filming of it.
On the one hand, Coppola had problems with the star of the film. A Marlon Brando who weighed 120 kilos and looked like a Michelin man had to be recorded in the dark so that his horrendous physique could be seen as little as possible.
In addition, actor Martin Sheen (father) suffered a heart attack during the filming of the film and was about to lose his life.
Another actor, who also gave Coppola extra work, was Dennis Hopper, who spent most of the filming time drugged up to his eyebrows and, consequently, his performances were not Oscar-winning. So much so that Coppola eliminated almost all of his scenes from the final montage.
The scene of the attack in the middle of the jungle with the helicopters also has its history because these devices were donated for the film by the dictator Ferdinand Marcos who, when he needed them for his guerrillas, would take them away from Coppola even though he needs them to shoot.
Apart from everything, Francis Ford Coppola, also had to suffer against the natural elements to shoot Apocalypse Now because a hurricane destroyed most of the sets and the director, to continue filming, had to put a whopping 30 million dollars out of his pocket.
All of this had to be worth it for Coppola because his film has gone down in cinema history.